players with most all-defensive selections in the 1980s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Michael Cooper and Dennis Johnson were tied for the most All-Defensive team selections, with 8 selections.

	NAME	ALLDEFENSE	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	8	790	27.6	9.1	3.2	4.4	1.2	0.6	3.6	7.5	47.6	0.5	1.4	34.3	1.5	1.8	82.9	54.9	0.9	2.4	1.7	21,777	7,208	2,542	3,451	965	487	1,337	2,122
2	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	8	783	34.9	15.3	3.9	5.6	1.3	0.6	5.7	12.9	44.6	0.1	0.6	18.0	3.7	4.5	81.9	51.4	1.2	2.7	2.5	27,325	11,954	3,078	4,381	1,055	456	1,976	2,265
3	Bobby Jones B. Jones	6	537	24.2	10.5	4.5	2.2	1.2	1.1	3.9	7.2	54.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.7	3.3	80.1	60.5	1.4	3.1	1.6	13,014	5,620	2,411	1,171	620	598	858	1,400
4	Mark Eaton M. Eaton	5	568	30.2	7.0	8.7	1.2	0.4	4.2	2.8	6.3	44.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	2.3	64.9	48.1	2.3	6.4	1.8	17,181	3,969	4,916	693	242	2,391	1,016	2,037
5	Kevin McHale K. McHale	5	694	32.1	18.5	7.6	1.8	0.4	1.8	7.3	12.9	56.5	0.0	0.0	5.0	3.9	5.0	78.0	61.2	2.6	5.0	2.0	22,275	12,830	5,277	1,217	262	1,269	1,396	2,076
6	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	5	771	33.9	12.6	3.0	7.5	2.3	0.3	5.1	9.6	52.9	0.1	0.2	25.0	2.5	3.1	79.4	57.8	0.7	2.3	2.3	26,174	9,744	2,284	5,781	1,768	260	1,777	1,736
7	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	5	695	31.7	16.7	5.0	3.9	1.3	0.3	5.8	11.5	50.3	0.1	0.5	27.6	5.0	6.1	83.2	59.1	2.0	3.0	2.1	22,054	11,594	3,447	2,689	874	217	1,485	1,523
8	Dan Roundfield D. Roundfield	5	526	32.0	15.6	9.6	2.3	0.8	1.3	5.8	12.1	48.3	0.0	0.1	11.5	3.9	5.2	74.8	54.2	3.2	6.5	2.7	16,836	8,186	5,058	1,224	435	661	1,403	1,663
9	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	4	389	32.2	16.2	5.4	5.4	2.9	0.5	6.6	13.7	48.2	0.2	0.6	26.8	2.8	3.7	75.4	52.7	2.1	3.3	3.0	12,525	6,285	2,087	2,094	1,128	204	1,148	1,336
10	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	3	386	36.2	23.0	12.1	2.0	1.9	3.1	9.0	17.4	51.8	0.0	0.0	5.3	5.0	7.4	67.2	55.7	4.5	7.6	3.0	13,990	8,883	4,677	780	748	1,201	1,175	1,562
11	Paul Pressey P. Pressey	3	523	29.7	12.0	4.4	5.8	1.6	0.7	4.4	9.0	49.2	0.1	0.4	23.4	3.0	4.0	74.4	55.5	1.5	3.0	2.6	15,549	6,278	2,324	3,028	823	349	1,374	1,587
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	3	787	32.6	20.6	7.6	2.8	0.7	2.0	8.5	14.9	57.2	0.0	0.0	5.6	3.6	4.9	74.3	60.6	2.0	5.6	2.6	25,675	16,246	5,980	2,220	584	1,594	2,037	2,258
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	3	717	38.4	25.0	10.2	6.1	1.8	0.8	9.8	19.6	50.3	0.6	1.7	37.7	4.6	5.3	88.0	57.0	2.2	8.0	3.2	27,560	17,899	7,319	4,396	1,300	603	2,261	1,906
14	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	3	477	21.6	8.2	2.6	3.8	1.7	0.0	3.5	7.6	46.5	0.0	0.1	18.4	1.1	1.6	68.7	49.4	0.8	1.8	2.0	10,321	3,908	1,248	1,818	801	23	946	1,295
15	T.R. Dunn	3	768	25.5	5.2	4.8	1.8	1.5	0.3	2.1	4.6	46.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.4	72.2	50.4	1.9	2.9	0.9	19,610	4,016	3,700	1,416	1,131	216	661	1,735
16	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	2	275	34.3	21.2	8.8	1.9	1.3	2.8	8.4	15.8	53.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.5	6.1	72.8	57.4	2.7	6.1	3.5	9,419	5,822	2,422	519	364	776	954	1,082
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2	345	39.0	32.6	6.2	5.9	2.8	1.2	11.9	23.3	51.3	0.2	0.8	20.2	8.6	10.1	84.8	58.9	1.9	4.3	3.3	13,442	11,263	2,129	2,046	962	411	1,150	1,085
18	Rodney McCray R. McCray	2	473	33.7	12.5	6.8	3.8	0.8	0.7	4.8	9.4	51.2	0.0	0.1	12.5	2.8	3.8	75.8	56.5	2.3	4.5	2.0	15,952	5,913	3,232	1,814	395	327	948	1,076
19	Caldwell Jones C. Jones	2	756	26.1	6.3	7.2	1.3	0.5	1.3	2.4	5.1	47.0	0.0	0.0	3.8	1.5	2.0	78.4	53.1	1.9	5.3	1.7	19,759	4,763	5,450	992	352	1,006	1,264	2,496
20	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	2	484	35.9	16.1	5.8	7.6	2.8	0.4	6.7	14.5	46.0	0.3	1.2	22.0	2.5	3.6	70.1	50.1	1.9	4.0	3.5	17,371	7,784	2,823	3,686	1,363	188	1,713	1,671
21	Tree Rollins T. Rollins	2	713	24.8	6.3	7.0	0.6	0.5	2.6	2.6	4.9	53.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	1.5	70.8	56.5	2.2	4.8	1.0	17,651	4,509	4,993	461	360	1,849	736	2,359
22	Kermit Washington K. Washington	2	179	29.3	11.3	9.3	1.9	1.0	1.3	4.4	8.0	55.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	3.9	63.4	58.4	3.4	5.9	1.9	5,251	2,020	1,664	345	171	237	337	634
23	Dennis Rodman D. Rodman	1	241	22.9	9.1	7.5	1.1	0.7	0.7	3.8	6.8	56.8	0.0	0.2	25.0	1.3	2.3	57.2	58.2	3.4	4.2	1.6	5,510	2,188	1,819	265	168	169	375	731
24	Manute Bol M. Bol	1	319	20.5	3.3	4.9	0.2	0.2	3.9	1.4	3.2	42.5	0.1	0.3	21.3	0.5	0.8	57.1	45.7	1.2	3.7	0.8	6,547	1,039	1,576	74	70	1,252	240	830
25	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	1	312	30.6	13.0	2.1	4.9	1.0	0.1	5.0	10.3	48.8	0.1	0.3	37.2	2.8	3.5	80.6	54.8	0.7	1.4	2.2	9,536	4,047	658	1,519	299	36	679	652